(CNSNews.com) - Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean, a medical doctor who served as governor of Vermont, said at a town hall meeting on Tuesday night that Democrats in Congress did not include tort reform in the health care bill because they were fearful of taking on the trial lawyers.

This is the answer from a doctor and a politician, said Dean. Here is why tort reform is not in the bill. When you go to pass a really enormous bill like that the more stuff you put in, the more enemies you make, right? And the reason why tort reform is not in the bill is because the people who wrote it did not want to take on the trial lawyers in addition to everybody else they were taking on, and that is the plain and simple truth. Now, thats the truth. (Lumpy)

Why didn't the republicans pass tort reform during the 8 years they were in power?

Are they afraid of the lawyers too?

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A large number of Politicians are Lawyers. Neither party is really interested in doing whats best, just whats easy. Kinda like how both parties don't give a rats ass about illegal aliens. Both think they get something out of it.

That being said, any real debate regarding how to curb the costs of health care must include tort reform. The Democrats are not including it - no mention of it in fact, and so, whatever they are doing with this debate regarding health care has less to do with real reform and more to do with government expansion...

Why didn't the republicans pass tort reform during the 8 years they were in power?

Are they afraid of the lawyers too?

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I recommend you do some research, google... Bush/ tort reform ...to start!

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Do your own Googling. If the republicans were so interested, why wasn't it a priority during their reign?

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sheezz..., you seemed so passionate I'd thought I'd help you out!

My guess, if you don't have a filibuster proof majority, you know that the Democratic Party leaders are bought and paid for by the trail lawyers lobby, all you can do is gripe, make recommendations and hope the American people get involved to make a change.

Why didn't the republicans pass tort reform during the 8 years they were in power?

Are they afraid of the lawyers too?

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I recommend you do some research, google... Bush/ tort reform ...to start!

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Do your own Googling. If the republicans were so interested, why wasn't it a priority during their reign?

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Why?

Let's see...

Jan. 5, 2005
President Bush launched his second-term campaign for limits on damage awards Wednesday by declaring that doctors should be fighting illnesses, not lawsuits.

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Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., called the president's plan "nothing but a shameful shield for drug companies and HMOs who hurt people through negligence." He urged the president to offer a plan that puts patients first.

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